EDC 503 Su 13 - Team 2 District Data 1

EDC 503 Context Statement Project
State and District Data Collection
Students • Teaching • Families


Use the InfoWorks Live website at http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/ to collect the necessary data to describe your school district.
Student Achievement
For definitions of key terms, see: http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/student-achievement/definitions-and-background
NECAP

NECAP Assessments	State	Your district
3rd Grade Math 2011-12	65%	55%
3rd Grade Reading 2011-12	71%	66%
4th Grade Math 2011-12	45%	53%
4th Grade Reading 2011-12	62%	59%
4th Grade Science 2011-12	69%	40%
5th Grade Math 2011-12	55%	53%
5th Grade Reading 2011-12	62%	64%
5th Grade Writing 2011-12	73%	53%
6th Grade Math 2011-12	56%	49%
6th Grade Reading 2011-12	72%	71%
7th Grade Math 2011-12	56%	42%
7th Grade Reading 2011-12	72%	65%
8th Grade Math 2011-12	58%	50%
8th Grade Reading 2011-12	78%	78%
8th Grade Writing 2011-12	59%	53%
8th Grade Science 2011-12	27%	17%
11th Grade Math 2011-12	30%	26%
11th Grade Reading 2011-12	76%	70%
11th Grade Writing 2011-12	51%	42%
11th Grade Science 2011-12	32%	29%

Teaching
For definitions, see: http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/teaching/definitions-and-background

Teachers

	State	Your district
Teachers with Emergency Certification 2010-11	1%	<1%
Not Highly Qualified Teachers 2010-2011	3%	1%
Teacher-Student Ratio 2010-11	1:11	1:8

Families and Communities
For definitions, see: http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/families-and-communities/definitions-and-background

Student Characteristics	State	Your district
Student eligibility for subsidized lunch	46%	58%
Students from Various Racial/Ethnic Backgrounds	—	—
Students Receiving ESL/Bilingual Education Services	6%	3%
Students Receiving Special Education Services	15%	18%

Summary Paragraph(s)
For each heading above, write a paragraph describing a key aspect of your district. Remember to begin with strong, insightful topic sentence, use quantitative evidence to support your thesis, and include comparisons when they are useful.

Student Achievement
The average level of NECAP in Newport District is lower than the statewide's. Only the 4th grade math and 5th grade reading surpass the level of state by 8% and 3%.

Teaching
The percentage of teachers with Emergency Certification is lower than the state's. Meanwhile, the percentage of not highly qualified teacher's are higher than the state's by 2%.
What deserves our attention is that the Teacher-Student Ratio is higher than the states, being 1:8, which means students in the Newport District enjoys more teaching resources.

Families and Communities
Compared to the statewide situation regarding to families and communities, more student in Newport District are eligible for subsidized lunch. But only 3% students have the oppotunities to recieve the bilingual education services. The percentage o students in Newport receiving Special Education Services are higher than the state level slightly.